Sleigh.



J. B.. KYLE.

SLEIGH.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE s, 1903.

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i atented September 1905;. i

PATENT GEEICE.

JENNIE EEA KYLE, or GEX, KENTUCKY.

SLEIGH.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,617, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed June 8, 1903. Serial No. 160,561. (No model.)

170 LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ENNIE REA. KYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gex, in

` the county of Gallatin and State of Kentucky,

have made certain new and useful Improve-` ments in Sleighs, of which the following is a specicatiom Mylinvention is an improvement in that class of sleighs which are formed of runners and` hub attachments adapted for use incon nection with a buggy or carriage body and its axles. abuggy or carriage from its axle-journals the latter may be inserted and secured in the hubs of my improved sleigh-runners.

The invention is embodied inthe means for rigidly securing or locking the fifth-wheel of the buggy or carriage proper and the'means for rigidly connecting and bracing the hubs of the runner attachment.

The details of construct-ion, arrangement, and operation of parts are as hereinafter described,with reference to accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 14 is a side View of a buggy-body, With axles and fifth-wheel connected with my improved run ner attachmentorform of sleigh. Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating the attachment of my improved lock to the iitth-wheel of the buggyor carriage proper. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification in the arrangement of my improved lock. Fig. 4 is a vertical section illustrating a portion of my improved runner attachment. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan View of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a side view of my improved ftli-wheel lock, and Fig. 9 is a plan View illustrating the application of my improved lock to the fifth wheel of a farmwagon.

The buggy or carriage body A (see Fig l) is provided with a ifth-wheel B and with coupling poles or reaches C, which connect the front and rear axlesD and E in the usual way. y

My improved runner attachment consists of runners proper, F, and hubs G and a series of connecting-spokes H. The latter are attached and securedto the hubs Grin the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 4, and their lower Aplied near the ends of the fifth-wheel. findicated in Fig. 8, and also by shade-lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the lock K is provided with lends may be turned out or flanged, as repre= `sent-ed in Fig. l, and secured by screws whose `heads are countersunk in the shoes of the runners Fin the usual manner.

In order to rigidly connect and brace the :hubs D and E, I employ a bar I, (see Figs. 1

and 4,) which may be constructed of steel or iron or wood and iron combined, the ends ofy the same being bent downward and inserted in the hubs and secured therein practically` V.in the same manner as the spokes H. Thus upon removing the wheels of My improved means for locking the fifth- Wheel consists of a curved bar K, having clips 0r clamps 7c at its ends and an upwardly-pro- `jecting flange or lug 7o at the middle of its length. When the device is applied, as shown `in Figs. l, 2, 5, 6, and 7, it is in rear of the .bolster or head-block L of the front axle D.

Thus the clips cembrace the two parts of` means of two downwardly-projecting lingers or prongs, whose ends are screw-threaded, and a cross-piece 7c3, (see Figs. 2.and 8,) which is provided with two holes toreceive the fingers, and is slidable vertically thereon, so that it may be adjusted by means of the nuts applied to the fingers, as shown. It is obvious that by adjustment of the nuts the crosspiece ki'y may be caused to clam p the two slidable parts of the `fifth-wheel B to any required degree, so as to hold them tightly or immovable. .In place of arranging this improved lock K in rear of the bolster andaxle it 'may lbe located in front thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, when the fifth-Wheel B is of the form that requires such arrangement. In such 'case the curved arms of the device extend forward instead of'rearward, and the clips are apdepressions 7a4 in order to adapt it to the couplings or reaches C. In other words, the latter lie in the depressions 104, as indicated in Fig. 2. By means of this simple form of lock the fifth-wheel is locked so that the front axle is immovable, and thus all lateral pres-V sure is removed from the runners F, so that they do not require to be connected or braced,

loo i l5 carriage, which is distinguished by lightness,

strength, rigidity, and cheapness. It will be understood that my improved lock will in practice be vsuitably modified to adapt it` to different forms of fifth-wheelsas, for example, to a farm or lumber wagon, as shown in Fig. 9.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sleigh attachment for carriage-axles, `the combination, with runners, hubs having "vertical sockets in their upper sides, and spokes inserted in and radiating from the under side of the hubs, of the detachable ties and braces I, consisting of bars having their ends projecting downward at a right angle and entering said sockets, as shown and described.

2. The improved lock fora fifth-wheel, the same consisting of a curved bar having the upwardly-projecting flange at the middle of its length and screw-clips at its ends, substantially as shown and described.

3. The improved lock for the purpose specilied, consisting of a bar having clips at its ends, which are adapted to embrace the fifthwheel, and provided at its middle with a projection adapted to be secured to the bolster of the buggy, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination with the Iifth wheel and a bolster, of the improved lock comprising a bar having screw-clips at its ends, and a central lug, and a device securing the same to the bolster, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with the fifth-wheel, of the lock comprising a curved or arc-shaped bar having clips at its ends which embrace the fifth-wheel, and a central and upwardlyprojecting lug, and a screw bolt passing through the same and connecting it with the bolster, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, with the fifth-wheel,

couplings or reaches, and a bolster, of the improved lock comprising a bar having depressions on each side of the middle, screw-clips at its ends, and a central lug, and a device for securing the latter to the bolster, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, Vwith a fth- Wheel, andv the bolster and front axle of a buggy or carriage, of the improved lock comprising a bar having clips arranged at its ends, and a central portion adapted to be secured to the bolster, and means for thus securing it, substantially as shown and described.

JENNIE REA KYLE. Witnesses:

T. D. PEEK, GORA PEEK. 

